Mold-cooler



{No Model.)

H. T. WINTERS. MOLD GOOLER.

Patented July 17, 1894.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HARRY THOMAS WINTERS, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

MOLD- COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent nojszaoea, dated July 17,1894.

Application filed March 6, l 894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY THOMAS VVIN- TERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMold-Coolers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in what ispopularly known as dummies, employed in holding molds for blowing pastemold tumblers, 850., such as are adapted to be used in glass factories,and designed to dispense with labor of an extra person, which extra workis easily and quickly accomplished by the person blowing the tumblers orother articles.

My invention consists of a tank designed to hold water, to the sides ofwhich are attached gearing communicating motion to the two part mold,which parts can be readily swung into the water by the manipulation of alever operated by the foot of the blower, and when immersed, by areverse motion of the foot lever, the parts of the mold are returned toa closed relation.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination and adaptation of theparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specificallydefined in the appended claims.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanyingdrawings in whichdrawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus.Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views of partsofthe arms supporting the mold, transverse view through the center of themold, and the shaft supports, respectively. 4

Reference now beinghad to the details of the drawings by letter, Arepresents a tank supposed to contain water and to the side of the tankat any convenient distance from the Serial No. 602,512. (No model.)

upper edge is secured the metallic shaft supporting block B, carryingthe integral tubular extensions b b, and in these tubular bearings passthe shafts O, 0, provided with cogged Wheels D, D, which are located onthe outside of the tank, and mesh with each other. To the inner ends ofthese shafts are attached the arms E, E, which hold each a one halfsection of the mold.

G is a standard on which the mold may rest, and is supported in theapertured lug II integral with the bar B, and the said standard may beraised or lowered being held in a fixed position by means of a set screwh.

To the outside of the tank is a geared wheel I, which is journaled on ashaft J, and disposed so as to mesh with the wheels 0, O.

K is a lever arm secured to the wheel I, and at its free end is pivotedto a foot lever M, extending up to just above the edge of the tank whereits end forms the stirrup N within convenient reach of the foot of theglass blower.

O is a coil spring about the lever M which is provided to bring the twopart sections of the mold together gently when the sections have beenimmersed and again brought together by the operator pressing down on thelever M.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood.

The operator who is manipulating the mold, when it is desired to immersethe parts into the water, the foot of the operator catches into thestirrup, and lifting slightly, the parts of the mold, connected to thegeared wheels, are swung down into the water and when sufficientlycooled, the parts of the mold may be readily returned to their originalposition by forcing down on the stirrup, which, through the medium ofthe gearing, causes the parts to swing up out of the water and closetogether.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is=

1. An apparatus for blowing paste mold tumblers, comprising incombination a water tank, a two part mold secured to arms keyed to theends of shafts which have connection with geared wheels on the outsideofthe tank, which mesh with each other,-;and a driving each engage witha half section of a tumbler mold, and means, as described for openingand closing the mold, substantially as shown.

3. In combination the tank, shaft support, shafts, having geared wheelson the outside of the tank, their inner ends carrying arms which havetheir upper ends secured to lugs on the sides of the mold parts ,astandard G, 20

adjustably held to an integral portion of the bar B, substantially asshown and described.

4. The combination with the tank and mold operating mechanism, of adriving wheel journaled on the side of the tank, a. foot lever piv- 2 5oted to an arm of said wheel and having a stirrup shaped upper end, anda coiled spring abutting against a lug secured to the lever M, which isprovided to allow the mold parts to come together gently, allsubstantially as 30 shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY THOMAS WINTERS.

Witnesses:

J OHN T. HERNEY, JOSEPH T. SACHER.

